Incorporating the Cultural Diversity of Family and Close Relationships Into the Study of Health
Incorporating the Cultural Diversity of Family and Close Relationships Into the Study of Health
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DOI：
10.1037/amp0000122
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发表时间：
2017-09-01
影响因子：
16.4
通讯作者：
Kim, Heejung S.
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作者：
Campos, Belinda;Kim, Heejung S.
人际关系处于人类社会环境的中心，它们的质量和寿命现在被认为与健康具有特别的相关性。这篇文章的目的是让人们注意到文化在人际关系，特别是亲密关系和家庭关系如何影响健康方面的作用。为此，重点介绍了以两种不同形式的文化集体主义(东亚和拉丁裔)为特征的两种背景，以突出更广泛的文化类别(例如集体主义)下的独特模式。此外，还讨论了其他未被研究的文化和非民族或非民族形式的文化(如社会阶层、宗教)的相关研究。这篇综述的重点是社会支持，这是人际关系塑造心理和身体健康的关键途径，是这一领域受到最多经验关注的心理过程。总体而言，显然需要新的和更系统的方法，以产生对文化在塑造健康的关系进程中的作用的更全面、更新颖和更具包容性的理解。为研究人员和专业人员提供了三项建议，以产生并将特定文化关系过程的知识纳入他们对健康的理解中。
Relationships are at the center of the human social environment, and their quality and longevity are now recognized to have particular relevance for health. The goal of this article is to bring attention to the role of culture in how relationships, particularly close relationships and family relationships, influence health. To this end, 2 contexts that are characterized by 2 distinct forms of cultural collectivism (East Asian and Latino) are spotlighted to highlight the unique patterns that underlie broader cultural categories (e.g.,collectivism). In addition, related research on other understudied cultures and nonethnic or nonnational forms of culture (e.g., social class, religion) is also discussed. The review centers on social support, a key pathway through which relationships shape psychological and physical health, as the psychological process that has received the most empirical attention in this area. Overall, it is clear that new and more systematic approaches are needed to generate a more comprehensive, novel, and inclusive understanding of the role of culture in relationship processes that shape health. Three recommendations are offered for researchers and professionals to generate and incorporate knowledge of culture-specific relationship processes into their understanding of health.